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Sue P Heiney1, Mary Gullatte2, Pearman D Hayne3
1College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, 1601 Greene Street, Room 617, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. heineys@mailbox.sc.edu.
Abstract:
Cancer fatalism may impact outcomes, particularly for African American (AA) women with breast cancer (BrCa). We examined the psychometrics of the modified Powe Fatalism Inventory in sample of AA women with BrCa from two studies. Only the predetermination and God's will items satisfy the conditions to be classified as a strong subscale. Our analysis identified that five items had strong psychometric properties for measuring fatalism for AA women with BrCa. However, these items do not include all the defining attributes of fatalism. A strong measure of fatalism strengthens our understanding of how this concept influences AA patient outcomes.
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